Anyone else have trouble consuming enough calories?

choppedupcoconut
choppedupcoconut Posts: 5 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I eat a lot of whole raw natural foods. Most have few calories.
I've been trying to eat different stuff than I would usually eat. Such as bread which contains more calories than the herb salad I usually eat. A huge herb salad is full of nutrients. But, extremely low on calories.
So it's really hard to meet anything close to 1200.
Anyone else have this problem?

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  • aliciap412
    aliciap412 Posts: 170 Member
    I have this problem since I eat mostly clean and natural whole foods.

    nuts. nuts are your friend. or dairy if you can tolerate it. unfortunately I can't.
  • evviamarshall
    evviamarshall Posts: 80 Member
    I have this issue after my period, but during it and the week before I am eating whatever I can get my hands on :-)
  • Tessyloowhoo
    Tessyloowhoo Posts: 504
    Well hate to break it to you but as a 21 year old man you should be eating a hell of a lot more than 1200 calories.

    No i dont have this problem if i am under 1200 calories it is because my stomach decided to quit on me or because i chose to not eat enough.
  • Gatlen
    Gatlen Posts: 20 Member
    Tessloowhoo, It all depends on his goal. I'm assuming since he's trying to get an allotted amount of 1200 calories, he's trying to lose weight.

    I'm on a ketogenic diet so I have no problem hitting calorie intake for the day as my macros are set for 60/30/10 (Fat/Protein/Carbs) Fat grams equal to about 9 calories a piece compared to about 4 calories a piece for protein or carbs. What are your percentages averaging out to on your daily intake?
  • choppedupcoconut
    choppedupcoconut Posts: 5 Member
    Well hate to break it to you but as a 21 year old man you should be eating a hell of a lot more than 1200 calories.

    No i dont have this problem if i am under 1200 calories it is because my stomach decided to quit on me or because i chose to not eat enough.

    That's simply not true. If you're not eating the right foods then 1200 calories is pretty easy. I mean sure I can scarf down 3 pieces of pizza, some breadsticks and a few cups of coke and be above and beyond the 1200.
    My point is, a big salad of pure herbs such as spinach, arugula, red leaf lettuce, parsley, cilantro along with some other greens served with a little bit of Italian dressing isn't going to run me more than 100 calories, but it gives plenty of actual vitamins and minerals that I wouldn't get with a regular restaurant style salad packed with calorie rich ranch, croutons and cheese among other things.
  • snazzyjazzy21
    snazzyjazzy21 Posts: 1,298 Member
    Nuts, oils, avocado, dates, figs, bananas, raw honey, cold smoked salmon..

    And yes 1200 isn't enough for a man, 1800 is the lowest you should go.

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